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AA PRESENTS: Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Thursday 18th December 7.45pm
OneSparePart
Spirit no 1!
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
OneSparePart
Young Ebenezer as played by George Cole. Alastair Sim was his mentor.
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M1795537OCVirn
I think this one captures more of the unpleasantness of society as Dickens saw it than the more modern versions.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
AnneArthur

OneSparePart wrote:

Young Ebenezer as played by George Cole. Alastair Sim was his mentor.


Now you say it, I can see that it is!
 
OneSparePart
Hattie Jacques!
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M1795537OCVirn
What a compliment - you look just like Mum did the day she died!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
AnneArthur


Full of well-known faces!
 
OneSparePart
Jack Warner with Mr Fezziwig in a role specially created for him. But it fits in with thd story nicely.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
AnneArthur

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

What a compliment - you look just like Mum did the day she died!


And how can he know that, if his mother died giving birth to him?
 
OneSparePart
So much said with so few words. Brilliant.
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OneSparePart
Patrick Macnee!
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AnneArthur
The sister's death wasn't in the book either, but it works well.
 
AnneArthur


Who is he?
 
AnneArthur
Ah I see it now.
 
OneSparePart

AnneArthur wrote:

The sister's death wasn't in the book either, but it works well.

It's been a while since I read it. Better refresh my memory.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
M1795537OCVirn
So many missed chances!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
OneSparePart

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

So many missed chances!

I wonder how we would fare, meeting 3 ghosts of Xmas?
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AnneArthur

OneSparePart wrote:

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

So many missed chances!

I wonder how we would fare, meeting 3 ghosts of Xmas?


I shudder to think.
 
OneSparePart
Kathleen Harris a well known face from British cinema
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OneSparePart
Spirit no 2! Come on down!
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M1795537OCVirn
Presumably Brian Blessed was too young?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
M1795537OCVirn
'A place where miners live' - Wales, then?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
OneSparePart

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Presumably Brian Blessed was too young?

A good fit for the part but I don't think he did it.
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AnneArthur
Bob Cratchit with Actually-Quite-Big-Tim.
 
OneSparePart

AnneArthur wrote:

Bob Cratchit with Actually-Quite-Big-Tim.

That doesn't sound so well. Just squint a bit.
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OneSparePart
Spirit no 3!
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OneSparePart
Oh no. I am teary eyed.
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AnneArthur
They've actually done Christmas yet to come as in the book.
 
AnneArthur

OneSparePart wrote:

Oh no. I am teary eyed.


Me too.
 
OneSparePart
The light and shade are used well in this film
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
M1795537OCVirn
The best is yet to come!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
AnneArthur
That still of him talking to the boy through the window is the only part of the film that I've seen.
 
M1795537OCVirn
So well done - the music of Christmas continues into the next day at the office.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
OneSparePart
Magic!
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OneSparePart

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

So well done - the music of Christmas continues into the next day at the office.

And Barbara Allen is a reprise from earlier on.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
AnneArthur
Yup, I think that's the definitive version all right.
 
M1795537OCVirn
It feels a lot more like Christmas after that. Hope it does for you, AnneA and O(OZY)P
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
AnneArthur

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

It feels a lot more like Christmas after that. Hope it does for you, AnneA and O(OZY)P


Yes, one more day of work, then I'm planning to decorate the house at the weekend.
 
OneSparePart
It's not Christmas without Alastair Sim as Scrooge.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
OneSparePart

AnneArthur wrote:

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

It feels a lot more like Christmas after that. Hope it does for you, AnneA and O(OZY)P


Yes, one more day of work, then I'm planning to decorate the house at the weekend.

Bldy hell! I thought for a moment you were going to be painting and wallpapering.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
 
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